The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1935
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
8:46 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 130.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.21° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.04° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.