The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1975
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
2:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 211.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.65° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.82° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.