The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
12:51 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3018
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 | 100.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.04° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.65° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| 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.