The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1917
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
8:01 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 3:04 AM, is deepest at 4:46 AM and ends at 6:27 AM. Totality lasts from 4:37 AM to 4:54 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 347.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.93° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.15° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.