The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2085
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
8:12 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 188.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.92° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.