The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2102
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 247.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.37° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.07° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.