The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1975
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
4:44 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 348.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.15° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.19° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.