The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2080
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
11:25 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 248.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.69° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.71° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.