The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2103
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
4:44 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2238
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 | 352.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.76° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.52° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.