The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2111
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 186.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.95° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.03° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.