The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1932
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
10:14 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- 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 | 55.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.38° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.44° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.