The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1974
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
7:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.45° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.