The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:11 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3055
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 | 126.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.38° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.76° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.