The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
9:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 49.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.39° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.96° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.