The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2183
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
8:51 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3228
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 | 200.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.75° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.52° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.