The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3191
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 31.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.27° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.52° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.