The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
3:09 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 125.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.51° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.90° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.