The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1986
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
4:32 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 178.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.62° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.47° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.