The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1942
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 245.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.03° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.97° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.