The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
12:55 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.89° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.20° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.