The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2053
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.25° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.51° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.