The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2028
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
7:51 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1311
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:07 AM, is deepest at 11:51 AM and ends at 1:36 PM. Totality lasts from 11:15 AM to 12:28 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 350.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.66° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.