The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1929
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
10:54 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.27° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.26° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| 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.