The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2050
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
9:14 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 317.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.79° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.39° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.