The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1974
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 215.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.85° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.51° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.