The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2157
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
5:13 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2906
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 171.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.03° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.64° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 358.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.