The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
1:32 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.19° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.66° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.