The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2086
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
12:20 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2028
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.01° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.18° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.