The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1964
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
2:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.83° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.52° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.