The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
2:11 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2548
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 8.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.86° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.10° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.