The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1937
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
2:59 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 208.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.32° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.38° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.