The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
2:07 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 112.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.86° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.38° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| 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.