The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2170
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
1:06 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3067
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 | 285.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.87° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.94° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.