The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2048
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
1:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 299.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.10° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.07° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.