The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2187
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
6:08 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3278
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 159.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.75° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.69° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.