The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2350
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.46° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.92° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.