The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% 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
12:32 PM
1:42 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3154
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 | 106.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.40° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.37° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.