The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
2:28 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 115.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.05° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.01° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.