The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1909
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
11:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 238.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.89° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.85° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.