The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2102
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
10:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 236.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.49° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.92° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| 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.