The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2079
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 82.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.95° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.