The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2140
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
11:41 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.52° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.68° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.