The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
4:01 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2684
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 | 131.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.47° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.71° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.