The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1934
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
12:11 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 277.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.33° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.24° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.