The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1969
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
10:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 234.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.82° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.66° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.