The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2005
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
5:47 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 7.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.05° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.54° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.