The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
1:52 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1472
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.43° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.