The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2113
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2362
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.04° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.35° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.