The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
2:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1979
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.04° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.09° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.