The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2140
Waning Crescent
43.7% 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
1:01 AM
12:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 277.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.79° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.84° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.