The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2144
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
10:03 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2746
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 | 52.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.18° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.69° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.