The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1910
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
2:55 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 207.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.59° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.05° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.