The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2078
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
1:33 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 299.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.46° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.82° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.