The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2095
Waxing Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
7:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2140
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.49° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.60° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.