The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2069
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
8:03 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.76° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.