The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
4:36 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 334
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 | 138.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.87° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.06° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.