The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2148
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
10:26 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2795
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 | 222.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.97° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.77° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.