The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2059
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
2:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1694
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.97° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.36° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.