The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2084
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
7:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2004
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.63° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.91° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.