The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
7:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 1.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.95° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.86° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.