The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2000
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
7:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 137.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.62° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.28° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.