The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
1:52 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.68° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.76° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.