The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1928
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
11:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 10.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.20° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.64° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| 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.