The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2171
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
10:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3080
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.82° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.17° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.