The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2039
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
8:09 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1447
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.81° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.