The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2002
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
2:00 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.29° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.97° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.