The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
1:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2449
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 | 107.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.76° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.81° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.