The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
2:38 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 117.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.31° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.65° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.