The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2189
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3302
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 | 258.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.06° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.42° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.