The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1948
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
3:31 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 321
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 193.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.43° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.68° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.