The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2189
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
12:33 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3302
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.40° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.57° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.