The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2119
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
1:50 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2436
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 | 313.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.37° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.18° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.