The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2019
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
7:43 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.11° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.64° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.