The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1927
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 62
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.07° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.02° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.