The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1933
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
8:00 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 136
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 353.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.84° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 329.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.