The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
1:06 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 101.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.40° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.34° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.