The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2076
Waxing Crescent
9.8% 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
10:23 AM
8:20 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 134.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.02° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.24° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.