The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2107
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
8:03 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2288
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 | 189.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.73° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.52° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.