The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2061
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.72° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.76° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.