The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2154
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
1:02 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.78° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.86° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.