The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
5:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.91° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.37° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.