The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2108
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
4:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2300
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 196.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.96° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.26° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.