The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1938
First Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
12:00 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.75° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.