The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1995
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
12:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.69° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.