The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
4:32 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 138.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.18° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.26° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.