The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1981
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:25 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 47.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.84° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.72° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.