The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2028
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
11:03 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1311
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.41° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.54° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.