The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1913
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
7:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -23.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.67° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.61° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.