The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1915
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -87
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 | 259.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.83° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.30° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.