The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 110.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.11° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.45° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.