The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
6:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 5.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 24.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.41° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.