The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2005
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
3:31 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 192.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -27.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.82° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.08° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.