The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2079
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
12:31 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1942
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.43° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.