The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2030
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1335
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 188.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.37° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.89° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.