The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2056
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
12:10 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 256.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.43° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.12° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.