The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2034
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:29 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1385
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.25° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.56° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.