The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
4:17 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 139.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.37° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.41° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.