The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1919
First Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
12:44 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.06° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.40° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.