The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2038
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
9:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1435
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 | 47.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 123.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.97° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.64° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| 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.