The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2023
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
9:32 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 199.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.19° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.92° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.