The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2087
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
11:09 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2041
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 | 64.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.05° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.59° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.