The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2173
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3104
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 | 284.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.47° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.49° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.