The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1967
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
2:44 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 556
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 207.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.97° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.30° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.