The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
4:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.53° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.05° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.