The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2035
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
6:30 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1398
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 157.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.74° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.63° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.