The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2014
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
12:02 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.88° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.