The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1929
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
4:48 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.50° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.24° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 28.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.