The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1909
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
9:39 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 24.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.28° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.45° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.