The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 16.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.69° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.66° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| 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.