The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2132
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
12:48 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2597
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 | 274.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.29° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.15° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.