The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
2:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 115.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.29° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.52° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.