The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1973
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:16 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 55.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.94° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.24° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.