The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2023
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
10:38 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 221.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 308.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.59° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.19° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.