The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2956
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 | 169.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 2.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.22° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.