The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2083
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
10:52 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1991
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.74° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.29° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.