The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:21 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.32° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.65° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| 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.