The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
2:23 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 116.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.89° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.68° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.