The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2174
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
11:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3117
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.85° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.44° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.