The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1905
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
9:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 123.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.69° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.95° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.