The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1958
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
9:20 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 210.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.82° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.29° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.