The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2075
Last Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
12:45 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / 0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.90° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.06° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.