The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
9:43 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 328.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.88° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.28° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.