The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2096
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
10:11 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.57° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.52° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.