The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1904
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.16° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.03° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.