The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1909
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
10:21 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 315.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.49° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.58° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.