The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1944
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
9:44 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 192.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.74° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.81° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.