The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
6:32 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 163.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.98° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.86° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.