The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1907
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn 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 | 303.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.03° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.27° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.