The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2197
Waning Gibbous
82.4% 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
9:50 PM
10:14 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3401
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 | 229.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 7.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.98° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.66° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| 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.