The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1996
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
10:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 222.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.79° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.86° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.