The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2186
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
11:26 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3265
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 | 241.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.51° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.52° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.