The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2065
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
8:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 32.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.80° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.52° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.