The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1943
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
8:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 260
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.71° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.22° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.