The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
1:55 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3253
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.59° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.69° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.