The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2018
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 261.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.03° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.50° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.