The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2143
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2733
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.40° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.28° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.