The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1902
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
4:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 185.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.22° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.72° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.