The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1986
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
5:48 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 8.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.99° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.34° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.