The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1948
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
6:23 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 322
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 155.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.23° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.76° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.