The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2094
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
12:14 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2127
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.02° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.55° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.