The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2049
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 81.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.03° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.