The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2156
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2894
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 | 225.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.51° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.44° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.