The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1937
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
3:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 196.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.10° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.56° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.