The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
3:59 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3290
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 | 134.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.04° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.96° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.