The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
4:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3426
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 | 139.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.59° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.87° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.