The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2053
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
11:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.49° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.22° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.