The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
3:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.15° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.23° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| 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.