The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1957
First Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.11° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.