The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
1:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2919
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.20° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.17° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| 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.