The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1944
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
10:31 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 204.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.63° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.93° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| 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.