The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
4:27 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3389
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 | 136.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.23° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.30° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.