The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1912
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
11:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -124
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 | 255.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.04° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.57° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.