The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2029
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.22° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.79° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.