The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1951
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
8:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 31.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 138.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.66° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.00° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.