The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2021
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 317.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.22° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.94° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.