The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
7:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1781
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 2.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.54° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.78° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.