The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2045
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
12:20 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1521
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 | 282.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.61° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.14° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.