The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2041
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
11:30 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1472
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 | 70.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 101.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.32° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.72° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.