The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2011
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
10:50 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 61.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.10° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.79° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.