The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
3:49 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2919
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 | 129.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.85° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.89° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.