The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2171
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
9:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3080
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.47° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.35° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.