The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2091
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
10:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2090
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 | 224.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.49° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.69° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.