The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1976
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
12:35 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.34° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.31° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.