The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
12:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1237
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 | 97.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.96° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.19° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.