The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:14 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 114.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 11.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.41° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.58° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.