The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1921
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
5:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 178.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.38° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.53° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.