The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1923
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
11:17 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 12
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 | 242.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.84° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.68° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.