The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
10:17 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.78° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.41° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.