The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1936
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
8:10 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 187.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 343.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.03° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.