The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1991
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
12:13 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 277.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.21° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.33° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.