The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1935
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
11:10 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.64° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.69° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.