The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
6:18 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 136
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 | 156.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.11° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.18° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.