The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
7:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 170.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.99° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.