The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2178
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
11:51 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3166
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.75° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.29° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.