The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2162
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:58 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2968
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 | 288.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.06° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.40° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.