The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
2:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 113.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.42° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.79° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.