The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
1:50 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1608
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.99° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.99° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.