The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1981
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
10:28 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 59.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.55° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.55° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.