The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1934
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
1:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 300.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.97° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.58° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.