The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
2:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 123.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.22° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.85° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.