The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
3:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2486
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 | 124.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.25° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.91° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.