The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2029
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
10:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.12° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.49° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.