The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2175
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
10:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3129
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.77° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.25° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.