The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
4:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 146.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.26° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.59° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| 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.