The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2043
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
4:22 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 352.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.20° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.69° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.