The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1906
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
7:36 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -198
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 351.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.33° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 198.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.