The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2135
Waning Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
2:16 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2634
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.42° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.41° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.