The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2062
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
4:06 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Mercury 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 | 348.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.20° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.32° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.