The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1952
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
8:25 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.62° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.