The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
10:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 231.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.98° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.63° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.