The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2029
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.65° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.28° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.