The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2068
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1806
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 | 78.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 3.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.70° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.22° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.