The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1912
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.97° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.72° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.