The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
2:41 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2820
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 | 121.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.05° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.56° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.