The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
1:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1311
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.09° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.89° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.