The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:42 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 132.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 13.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.68° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.11° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| 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.