The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2016
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
7:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 27.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.15° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.07° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.