The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2079
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
11:27 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 70.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.91° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.12° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.