The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2061
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:27 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 247.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.39° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.90° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.