The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2173
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
1:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.14° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.66° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.