The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1900
First Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.36° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.