The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Waning Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
12:43 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 289.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.78° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.30° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.