The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2080
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
9:53 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1954
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.76° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.31° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.