The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1964
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 519
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 | 325.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.80° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.70° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| 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.