The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2045
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1521
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 | 243.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.42° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.68° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.