The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:32 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 137.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.58° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.09° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.