The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2000
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
9:55 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.24° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.92° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.