The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1974
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
8:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.95° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.38° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.