The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1939
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
9:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 209.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 317.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.03° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.51° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.