The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
1:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1744
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 | 99.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.12° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.03° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.