The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3018
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 | 113.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.33° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.50° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.