The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
2:42 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 99
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 | 118.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.88° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.98° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.