The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
2:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2313
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 | 119.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.94° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.75° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.