The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
12:50 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3253
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 | 99.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.85° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.84° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.