The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2048
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
12:05 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1558
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.91° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.73° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.