The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2059
Waning Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
1:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 289.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.69° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.02° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.