The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
1:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -235
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 | 108.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.16° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.47° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.