The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2178
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
10:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3166
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 7.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.80° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.85° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.