The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2007
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:04 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.65° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.08° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.