The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1978
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
6:17 AM
4:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.14° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.76° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| 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.