The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
12:44 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 95.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.21° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.95° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.