The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2118
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
8:41 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2424
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 343.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.01° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.63° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.