The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
3:33 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 334
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 | 127.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.83° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.20° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.