The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1961
Waning Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
1:21 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 287.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.05° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.74° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.