The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2010
Waning Crescent
14.5% 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
4:20 AM
2:03 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 315.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.29° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.65° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.