The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2057
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
10:52 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.68° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.67° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.