The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1939
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
10:38 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 237.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.14° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.77° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.