The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2000
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
8:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.40° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.09° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.