The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1992
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
10:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.77° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.61° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.