The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1913
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
6:12 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.70° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.80° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.