The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1937
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 315.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.53° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.20° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.