The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2019
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
9:43 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 51.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.66° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.28° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.