The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2045
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1521
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 | 256.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / -1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.69° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.83° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.