The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2011
Waxing Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 83.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.45° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.