The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2184
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3240
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.24° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.31° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.