The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2026
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
11:08 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1286
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.03° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.89° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.