The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1904
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
1:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.28° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.50° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.