The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2097
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
2:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2164
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 | 328.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 205.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.14° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.98° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.