The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1936
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 213.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 314.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.87° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.91° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.