The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1951
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
6:42 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 17.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 153.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.56° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.19° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.