The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2083
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:29 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1991
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 | 230.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.25° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.15° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.