The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1927
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
11:05 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 62
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 | 67.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.22° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.19° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.