The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2186
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
12:00 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3265
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 | 254.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.75° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.66° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.