The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:38 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 742
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 | 155.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.75° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.46° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.