The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2096
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
8:28 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 346.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.05° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.