The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1915
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
12:29 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -87
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 | 284.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.52° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.62° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.