The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2028
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
11:44 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1310
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.23° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.96° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.