The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1945
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
2:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 317.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 218.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.27° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.89° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.