The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2040
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
2:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1459
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 | 318.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 216.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.72° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.73° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.