The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1981
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
8:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.37° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.90° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.