The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2102
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 258.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.40° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.22° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.