The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1972
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
1:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 306.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.29° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.03° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.