The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
6:14 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3426
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.02° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.61° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.