The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2080
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
10:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 221.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 17.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.66° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.43° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.