The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
1:22 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 104.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.10° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.28° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.