The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1943
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
10:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 260
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.18° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.43° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.85° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.