The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2069
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
10:09 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 228.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.87° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.31° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.