The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2088
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
9:39 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 309.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.88° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.97° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.