The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 117.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.21° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.13° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.