The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1936
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 225.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 8.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.23° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.04° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.