The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2053
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 226.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.01° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.08° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| 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.