The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2060
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
12:26 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1707
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.81° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.60° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.