The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1972
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
12:28 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 284.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.39° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.69° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.