The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
2:31 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.95° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.34° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.