The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2043
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
2:48 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.41° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.