The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
5:44 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 371
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 | 150.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 22.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.71° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.54° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.