The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:46 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2078
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 | 120.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.20° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.40° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.