The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1961
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
11:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 254.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.90° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.26° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.