The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1947
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
8:58 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 309
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.19° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.91° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.