The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1994
Waning Crescent
4.5% 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
5:45 AM
3:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 198.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.43° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.80° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.