The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1937
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
4:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 184.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.89° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.75° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.