The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:00 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3290
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.14° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.10° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.