The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2151
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
1:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2832
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.75° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.12° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.