The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1977
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
10:10 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 225.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.76° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.21° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.