The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1905
Waxing Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
10:17 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.59° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.77° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.