The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2031
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
8:50 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1348
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 | 201.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.40° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.60° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.