The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1969
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 255.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.76° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.95° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| 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.