The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2198
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
9:44 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3414
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 | 47.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -7.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.97° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.02° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.