The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:09 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3055
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 | 114.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.76° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.90° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.