The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2129
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:05 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2560
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.41° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.26° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.