The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2026
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1286
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 | 256.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.73° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.03° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.