The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
5:06 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 143.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.35° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.86° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.