The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
6:34 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 13.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 27.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.70° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.83° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.