The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1919
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 83.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.51° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.55° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.