The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1972
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
12:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 295.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.41° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.86° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.