The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1967
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
3:33 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 556
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 192.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.67° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.48° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.