The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
1:28 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2585
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 | 107.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.28° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.51° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.