The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1902
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
5:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 173.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.08° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.