The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2035
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
4:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.03° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.99° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.