The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1904
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
12:31 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.26° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.18° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.