The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2159
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
10:55 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2931
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 | 245.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.49° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.18° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.