The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2015
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
11:35 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.23° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.91° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.