The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2073
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
5:33 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 171.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.61° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.61° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 179.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.