The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1962
Waxing Crescent
3.5% 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
9:13 AM
7:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.92° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.90° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| 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.