The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1953
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
12:31 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 285.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 246.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.67° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.04° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.