The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
2:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2684
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.15° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.85° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.