The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2012
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
9:02 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 205.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.73° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.96° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.