The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1953
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
12:07 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.78° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.88° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.