The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2064
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
10:53 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.28° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.49° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.