The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
8:23 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 34.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.10° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.58° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.