The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2038
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
11:30 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1435
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 | 71.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.89° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.29° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.