The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2089
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.32° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.46° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.