The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1905
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
11:17 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.13° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.59° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.