The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2029
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
2:00 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.17° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.45° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.