The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2056
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.98° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.28° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.