The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
12:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 97.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.21° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.14° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.