The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2182
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
11:31 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3216
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.81° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.91° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.