The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1944
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:49 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:35 AM, is deepest at 10:49 AM and ends at 1:02 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 335.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.54° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 168.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.