The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
1:09 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 101.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 72.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.85° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.73° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.