The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1973
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 77.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.60° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.90° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.