The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2013
Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
2:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.42° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.23° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.