The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1945
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
1:46 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 295.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.61° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.54° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.