The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2013
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
3:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 335.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 199.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.30° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.60° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.