The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2053
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
11:40 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 253.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.57° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.36° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.