The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:11 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 276.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.78° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.14° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.