The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2030
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
10:17 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1336
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.77° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.17° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.