The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
6:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 160.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.20° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.23° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.