The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2162
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
12:21 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2968
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.06° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.23° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.