The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2000
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:53 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 64.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.19° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.74° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.