The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1992
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
10:59 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.64° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.43° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.