The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2171
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
8:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3080
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 132.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.64° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.53° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.