The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2124
Waning Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
1:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2498
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 303.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.85° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.95° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.