The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
2:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.64° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.85° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.