The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
11:58 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.05° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.10° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.