The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1880
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 | 139.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.30° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.48° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.