The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1901
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -260
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 | 247.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.82° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.30° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.