The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2046
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
7:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1534
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 | 27.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.06° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.33° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.