The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2124
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
12:28 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2498
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.80° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.61° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.