The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1907
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
1:07 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -186
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 | 278.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.50° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.81° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.93° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.