The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
1:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.16° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.49° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.