The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2083
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1991
Events on this date
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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 | 265.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.61° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.59° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| 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.