The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 106.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 67.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.16° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.80° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.