The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1929
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
3:17 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.53° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.86° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.