The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2007
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
12:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -8.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.84° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.53° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.