The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1950
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.15° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.32° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.