The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2184
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
2:39 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3240
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.33° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.95° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.