The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1978
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
6:42 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.24° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.86° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.