The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2072
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
11:37 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 251.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.02° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.16° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.