The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2029
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.28° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.11° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.