The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2140
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 254.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.95° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.53° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.