The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2056
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
1:09 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -3.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.87° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.44° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.