The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2071
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 78.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.77° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.65° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.