The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
7:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 170.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.13° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.66° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.