The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
2:41 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 327.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 206.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -25.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.75° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.89° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.