The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2181
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
1:02 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 288.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.00° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.20° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.