The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2046
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
8:54 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1534
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -13.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.87° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.14° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.