The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2186
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
10:03 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3265
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 | 214.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 315.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.14° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.25° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.