The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1994
Waning Crescent
0.9% 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
4:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 349.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 182.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.40° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.99° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| 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.