The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1977
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
9:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 214.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.61° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.08° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.