The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1986
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
2:37 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 325.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 208.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.27° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.09° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.