The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2105
Waning Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 276.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.83° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.82° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.