The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2107
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
7:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2288
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.
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 355.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.24° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.2° |
| 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.