The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2151
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
12:49 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2832
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.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.13° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.96° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.