The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2058
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
9:30 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 200.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.93° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.94° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.