The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
8:27 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 186.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 344.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.05° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.39° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.