The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2128
First Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
12:06 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2548
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.41° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.