The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
7:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 170.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 23.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.45° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.