The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2099
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
9:49 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2189
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 | 207.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 322.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.53° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.10° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.