The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2040
Waning Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
1:25 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1459
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.80° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.38° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.