The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1966
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
11:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 231.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.46° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.12° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.