The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
3:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.82° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.87° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.