The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
3:24 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1880
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 | 129.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.43° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.62° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.