The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1918
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
3:58 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 192.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.00° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.94° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.