The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2033
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
12:52 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1373
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.35° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.