The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2170
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
12:40 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3067
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.72° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.77° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.