The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1970
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
5:24 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.01° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.59° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.