The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1996
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
10:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.60° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.99° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.