The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1989
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
5:43 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.59° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.77° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.