The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
4:33 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 138.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.80° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.87° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.