The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
1:37 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1707
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 | 107.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.87° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.45° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.