The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1926
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
1:51 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 49
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 | 297.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.87° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.90° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.