The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2159
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2931
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 | 258.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -3.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.41° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.32° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.