The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2018
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
12:51 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / 0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.85° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.65° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.