The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
1:00 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 98.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 9.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.13° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.60° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.