The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2099
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
10:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2189
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 | 233.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 296.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.35° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.36° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.