The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
12:38 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 99
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.22° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.28° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| 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.