The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2046
Waxing Crescent
1.9% 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
8:55 AM
6:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1534
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 154.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.92° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.52° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.