The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2163
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2981
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 | 82.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.29° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.54° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.