The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2151
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2832
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 | 262.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.21° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.80° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.