The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2002
Waning Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
1:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 292.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.00° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.80° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.