The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
2:06 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 113.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.26° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.19° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| 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.