The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
4:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 349.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.36° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.79° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.