The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1912
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
12:36 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -124
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 | 280.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.61° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.