The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2076
Waxing Crescent
17.9% 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
11:03 AM
9:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1905
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 | 49.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.68° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.06° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.