The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2057
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
8:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1670
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 | 37.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.82° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.03° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.