The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
1:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1979
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 | 108.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.19° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.23° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.