The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
6:36 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 162.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 10.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.37° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.55° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.