The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:47 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 33.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.57° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.81° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.