The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
6:29 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 166.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 6.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.32° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.71° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.