The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
7:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2387
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 1.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.05° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| 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.