The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2049
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
12:38 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.73° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.87° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.