The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2200
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3438
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.07° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.52° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.