The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2072
Last Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.17° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.31° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.