The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2105
Waning Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
12:47 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 287.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.11° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.98° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.