The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2072
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
10:19 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 224.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 304.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.51° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.88° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.