The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1962
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
8:14 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 135.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.47° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.71° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.