The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2070
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
4:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 193.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.78° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.84° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.