The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2172
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
8:35 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3092
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 06m / 27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.59° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.31° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.