The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2195
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
3:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3376
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.37° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.43° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.