The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1958
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
9:58 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 445
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.11° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.42° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.