The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1939
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
9:59 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 210
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.62° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.64° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.