The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
6:55 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 165.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 7.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.51° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.61° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.