The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2148
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
12:02 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2795
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 | 256.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.19° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.20° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.