The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1912
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
11:24 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.78° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.42° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.