The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1982
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
8:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:50 AM, is deepest at 6:28 AM and ends at 8:07 AM. Totality lasts from 5:58 AM to 6:59 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 347.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.90° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.