The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
2:05 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.05° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.06° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.