The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2113
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:58 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2362
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.06° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.51° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.