The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1931
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
10:48 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 304.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.69° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.09° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.