The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1997
Waxing Crescent
1.4% 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
8:23 AM
6:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 12.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.86° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.06° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.