The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2111
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
6:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2338
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 | 14.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 155.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.45° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.59° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.