The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1926
Waning Crescent
18.6% 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
3:27 AM
2:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 49
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 | 309.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -13.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.33° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.08° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.