The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2046
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
9:56 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1534
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 | 51.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.37° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.96° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.