The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2051
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
4:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1595
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 189.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.56° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.21° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.