The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2160
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:32 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.16° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.65° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.