The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2077
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
9:57 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 207.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 322.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.64° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.72° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.