The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2141
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
6:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2709
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.73° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.65° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| 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.