The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1917
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
9:16 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.03° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.11° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.