The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1915
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
12:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.97° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.46° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.