The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1936
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
8:54 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 328.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.13° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.78° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.