The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2045
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
11:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1521
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.76° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.98° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.