The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1946
Waxing Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
11:10 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 68.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.80° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.39° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.