The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1911
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 89.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.09° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| 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.