The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1910
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
3:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.43° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.24° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.