The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2029
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
11:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.55° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.64° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.