The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2049
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
10:20 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 54.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.35° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.38° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.