The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1902
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
6:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -247
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 160.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.94° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.