The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2143
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
1:44 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2733
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.47° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.77° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.