The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2037
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
12:45 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1422
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / 0.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.91° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.46° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.