The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1986
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
3:28 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 193.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.32° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.28° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.