The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
5:19 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.12° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.35° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| 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.