The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1942
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
1:31 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / 0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.04° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.18° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.28° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.