The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1953
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
12:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.65° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.21° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.