The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1908
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.84° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.