The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 2184
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
4:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3240
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 | 346.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.38° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.50° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.