The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2181
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
12:27 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 276.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.84° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.03° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.