The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1916
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
11:21 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -74
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 | 66.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 101.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -2.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.57° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.49° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.