The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2077
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
9:13 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 195.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.43° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.60° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.