The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
1:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2882
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 | 99.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.30° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.92° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| 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.