The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1901
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
9:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.20° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.03° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.