The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1961
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.76° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.41° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.