The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1931
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
11:15 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.55° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.23° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.