The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1923
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 12
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.79° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.98° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.