The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2015
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
9:56 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.44° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.49° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.