The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
3:51 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 134.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.32° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.33° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.