The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2050
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
8:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1583
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 | 197.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.08° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.26° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.