The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2067
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
11:54 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.02° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.37° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.