The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:05 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 235
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.35° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.76° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.