The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:19 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 126.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.76° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.44° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.