The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2069
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.27° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.18° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.