The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1991
Waning Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
12:42 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 289.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.29° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.49° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.