The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2078
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
2:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 320.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 213.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.01° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.17° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.