The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1904
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
1:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.30° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.34° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.