The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2071
First Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
12:08 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1843
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.94° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.49° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.