The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1994
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
2:00 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.84° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.43° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.