The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2132
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
1:38 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2597
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 | 297.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.31° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.47° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.