The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2178
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 | 257.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.57° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.14° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.