The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1935
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 77.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.89° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.52° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.