The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1996
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:35 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.25° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.29° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.