The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
3:15 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.20° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.92° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.