The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2168
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
6:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3043
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 155.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.31° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.33° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.