The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
3:51 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 130.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.31° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.00° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.