The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
11:38 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.88° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.52° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.