The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2023
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
10:08 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 210.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.49° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.05° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.