The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2075
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.30° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.90° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.