The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1959
Waning Crescent
2.0% 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
6:16 AM
4:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 189.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.69° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.95° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.