The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
7:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3426
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 | 173.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 358.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.06° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.48° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.