The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 2028
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
1:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1310
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.93° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.61° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.