The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2081
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
5:40 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 164.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.99° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.68° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.