The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1934
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 148
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.03° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.08° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.