The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2029
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
12:03 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.13° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.94° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.