The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2033
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
3:09 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1373
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.82° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.65° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| 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.