The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1909
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 304.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.36° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.71° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.