The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1969
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
11:18 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.71° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.80° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.