The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1946
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 80.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.64° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.23° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.