The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% 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
1:52 PM
3:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2721
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.67° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.10° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| 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.