The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 101.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.99° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.93° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.