The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1943
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
9:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 34.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.49° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.03° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.