The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2002
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
3:17 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 332.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 201.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.89° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.33° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.