The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
5:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 235
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.13° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.49° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.