The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1975
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
2:05 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 310.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.70° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.64° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.