The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 132.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.51° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.72° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.