The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1975
Waning Crescent
4.3% 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
5:50 AM
3:46 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 198.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.48° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.00° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.