The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2124
Waning Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
1:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2498
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 | 291.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.97° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.78° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.