The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1942
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
1:01 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.38° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.12° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.