The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1950
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 227.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.39° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.