The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2143
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
1:03 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2733
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.53° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.60° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.