The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
2:45 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 122.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.58° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.47° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.