The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2029
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
7:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 3:54 PM, is deepest at 5:41 PM and ends at 7:28 PM. Totality lasts from 5:14 PM to 6:09 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.39° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.