The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2068
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.46° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.56° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.