The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 103.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.94° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.67° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.