The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2166
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
11:44 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3018
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 | 74.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.14° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.97° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.