The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
5:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 159.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.29° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.07° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.