The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2018
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 286.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.35° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.81° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.