The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2065
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
10:35 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 57.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.52° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.16° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.