The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
3:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 127.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.00° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.54° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.