The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1994
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
2:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.53° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.61° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.