The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2054
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
7:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.90° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.83° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.