The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2078
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
1:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1929
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.23° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.99° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.