The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2008
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
6:19 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.24° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.95° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.