The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2029
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
10:07 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.94° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.35° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.