The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2007
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
11:26 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 251.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.36° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.22° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.