The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
4:55 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 147.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.90° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.20° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.