The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1974
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
8:05 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 342.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.10° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.26° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.