The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1959
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
6:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 12.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 156.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.13° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.67° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.