The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2035
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
7:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1398
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.55° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.44° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.