The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:07 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2783
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 | 103.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.65° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.47° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.