The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2102
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
10:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2226
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.69° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.78° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| 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.