The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2084
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
9:37 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2004
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 46.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.52° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.54° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.