The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2008
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
7:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 145.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.13° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.76° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.