The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1908
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
11:20 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -173
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 | 69.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.45° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.01° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.