The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2056
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
1:41 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.09° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.61° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.