The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 33.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.34° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.14° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.